Powdered soap and detergent dispensing device



s- 26, 1958 o. MOREY 2,849,035

POWDERED SOAP AND DETERGENT DISPENSING DEVICE Filed Aug. 4, 1955 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 0. MORE! POWDERED SOAP AND DETERGENT DISPENSING DEVICE Filed Aug. 4, 1955 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 IOIIIII IIIIIOIIIIIIIII I I IIHI I IIIHHI POWDERED SOAP AND DETERGENT DISPENSING DEVICE Ole Morey, Escanaba, Mich. Application August 4, 1955, Serial No. 526,386 Claims. (Cl. 141--360) This invention relates to a powdered soap and deter gent dispensing device which is particularly adapted to be mounted on the wall of a kitchen or other place in such a manner as to be readily accessible for use by a housewife or other person.

An object of the present invention is to provide a new and improved dispensing device for powdered soaps, detergents and the like, which is adapted to contain a package or carton of such powdered soap or detergent material and which embodies a novel mechanism for dispensing the powdered soap or detergent material into a dispensing container which is removably mounted on the bottom of the dispensing device so that a measured portion of the powdered soap or detergent may be withdrawn from the carton or package which is located within the device, as and when desired.

A further object of the invention is to provide a novel dispensing device for dispensing the powdered soap or detergent from the inside of the housing which is embodied in the device as and when desired and in a measured quantity.

A further object of the invention is to provide a novel mounting structure for mounting the dispensing device upon the wall of a kitchen or like place.

A further object of the invention is to provide in the new dispensing device a novel mounting bracket for mounting the dispensing device on a kitchen wall or like place and in such a manner that it may be readily tilted through an angle of 90 to enable a carton of powdered soap or detergent to be inserted thereinto or an empty carton to be withdrawn therefrom.

A further object of the invention is to provide in the new dispensing device a novel means for holding the scored tongue portion customarily provided in one upper side wall portion of paperboard cartons for powdered soaps and detergents in open position so as to discharge the contents of the carton into the interior of the dispenser housing when the paperboard carton is inserted into the dispenser housing in inverted position.

Other objects will appear hereinafter.

Fig. 1 is a vertical sectional view showing a preferred form of the new powdered soap or detergent dispensing device;

Fig. 2 is a bottom plan view of the powdered soap or detergent dispensing device shown in Fig. '1;

Fig. 3 is a rear elevational view of the new powdered soap or detergent dispensing device with a part thereof broken away to show one of the retaining magnets mounted in the bottom wall thereof for removably holding the powdered soap or detergent in position upon the bottom wall of the housing of the device;

Fig. 4 is a vertical sectional view on line 44 in Fig. 3;

Fig. 5 is a top plan view, and

Fig. 6 is an enlarged fragmentary sectional view of the dispensing unit which is embodied in the new device.

A preferred form of the present invention is illusniteci States Patent Office 10, and includes a 2,849,035 Patented Aug. 26, 1958 trated in the drawings, where it is generally indicated at housing 11 having a rear side wall 12, a front side wall 49, end walls 16 and 17, a bottom wall 13, and a top wall or cover 14 which is hingedly mounted, as at 15, on the end wall 16.

The new powdered soap or detergent dispensing device 10 includes a supporting block 18 which is mounted within the housing 11 on the bottom wall 13 thereof and extends partially thereacros's from the end wall 16 toward the end wall 17, and an inclined dispensing chute member 19 which is mounted on the bottom wall 13 in one bottom corner portion of the housing 11 and in spaced relationship to the supporting block 18, this member 19 having an inclined dispensing surface 47.

A dispensing or discharge outlet 20 is provided in the bottom wall 13 of the housing 11 inwardly of the inclined dispensing chute member 19. This dispensing outlet 20 is normally closed by a portion 21 of a dispensing slide member 22 which has a slot 23 formed therein and into which there projects the lower end portion of a headed stud 25 which is mounted in the bottom wall 13 of the housing 11 and which said headed stud 25 retains the dispensing slide 21-22 in the bottom wall 13 of the housing 11. This dispensing slide member 2122 has a depending angled end portion 26 to which one end of a resetting coil spring 27 is attached, and the other end portion of the resetting. coil spring 27 is attached, as at 28, to a depending extension of the stud 25. The dispensing slide member 2223 has a pair of spaced lugs 29 struck therefrom and depending therefrom and a dispensing cup 30 is adapted to bear against these lugs 29 for a reason which will be pointed out hereinafter.

The dispensing cup 30 has a metallic rim 31 mounted upon and encircling the upper edge portion thereof and this metallic rim 31 is adapted to be engaged against the depending lugs 29 of the dispensing slide 22, as and I ,for a reason to be pointed out presently.

h ing chute 19-47. When A plurality of small steel magnets 32 are mounted in the bottom Wall 13 of the housing 11 in suitably spaced relationship relative to the dispensing cup 30 and its magnetically attractable metal rim 31, as will be seen by reference to Figs. 2, 3 and 6.

The present invention includes a mounting bracket 33 for detachably mounting the device on the wall of a kitchen or like place, and this mounting bracket is adapted to be attached by fastening elements in the form of screws 35 to the vertical wall 34 of a kitchen or like surface.

The mounting bracket 33 has a vertically extending this vertical slot 37, as shown in Figs. 3 and 4.

An arcuate slot 41 is provided in the mounting bracket and has a depending offset extension 40 and the shank 38 of a headed stud 39-works in this slot 41 and is normally pivoted downwardly into the offset portion 40 thereof.

A triangular-shaped block 44 is mounted on the end wall 17, in the housing 11, above the dispensing chute block 1947 and a paperboard package or carton 43 containing a powdered soap or detergent is adapted to bemounted in the housing 11, on the block 18. Such paperboard cartons 43 are commonly provided in one side wall 51 thereof with a scored tongue portion 52 and when the carton 43 is inserted into position of use in the housing 11 the triangular-shaped block 44 bears against the scored tongue portion 52 in the side wall 51 of the carton 43 so as to force inwardly and thus provide a discharge opening 46 in the carton 43 above the inclined surface 47 of the dispensgarages.

measuring area 48 is provided in one lower corner portion of the housing 11, formed by the conjoint action of the inner end wall 50 of the supporting block 18, the inclined surface 47 of the inclined chute 1 9, thefront and rear walls 49 and 12, respectively, of the housing 11, and thebottor n wall 53 of the carton 43 1); i I i The use and operation of thenew powdered soap and detergent dispensing device are as follows: i i

The housing 11 may be detachably mounted on a verti calsupporting wall surface as 3 4 by' inserting the shanks 42'and 38 of the headed studs 36 and 39, respectively, into the slots 37 and 4 1, respectivelyfand allowing them to drop downwardly so that the shanks 42 and 38 of the headed studs 36. and 39frest in the lower portion of the vertical slot 37 and in the downwardly offset portion 40 of the' slot '41, respectively, and with the head of the stud 39 spanning the downwardly ofiset portion 40 of the slot 41 to retain the device upon the mounting bracket 3 3.

As willbe described more fully hereinafter, the housing- 11 may be tilted at an angle of 90 from the vertical, into dotted line position (Fig.1) whereupon the hinged cover or top 14 maybe pivoted on its hinge 15 to allow a package or carton 43 of powdered soap or detergent material to be inserted into the housing 11 in inverted position with the scored tongue 52-previously manually pushed in to provide a, discharge outlet 46 in the side wall of the carton. As the carton 43 is guided inwardly it will move over. the inclined surface 45 of the triangular-shaped block 44 so that when the carton 43 comes to rest on the supporting block 18 the inclined surface 45 of the block 44 will bear against the adjacent side wall of the carton 43 and the previously formed outlet opening 46 in the side wall 51 of the carton 43' will be disposed above the inclined chute member 19 and the measuring area 48 so that, when the housing 11 assure carton 43 are moved back into upright position, 'a portion of the powdered soap. or detergent in the carton 43 will flow by gravity through the outlet opening 4 6 nt0 the inclined surface 47 of the block 19 and into the measuring areal4 8.

The dispensingcup 30 -31 is normally held upon the bottom wall 13of the housing 11 by the action of. the

magnets 32 on the magnetically attractable metal flange,

31, and with the magnetically 'attractable rim 31 of the cup 30 engaged against the lugs 29. Y W

When the parts are thus arranged allthat isne-cessary inorder to discharge a" measured quantity of powdered soap or detergent'material from the carton 43 into the dispensing cup 30 is tofgraspl the dispensing cup 30 manually and slide it toitheleft from the position in whichit is shown in Fig. 1 into the position in which it is shown in Fig. 6 Thisoperation movesthe portion 21 of thedispensing slide member 21 22 out from under thedischargeoutlet 20 and opens. the latter so asto discharge a, measured quantitywof the powdered soap ondetergeiit material from'the measuring chamber 48 through: the disw charge outlet 20 into thelcup, 30. i

The dispensing cup 30,, havinga measured quantity ofthe powdered soap ordetergent material therein, may then. bejm a any withdrawn'from the bottom wall 13 of=the housing 11 and the contents of the cup 30 used as and where desired.

Assoon as manual pressure on the cup 30, and against the lugs 29 is' released,th e ten tensionedresetting spring- 27 will'urge the dispensing slide member v22 back into its normal position, that is, from the position in which it; is shown in Fig. 6into the position in which it isshown-in- Fig. 1, thereby moving theportion 21 ofthe dispensing slide member 212 2 across the discharge outlet 20 so. as to close the latter.

It will 'be noted that the housing 11 may be tilted'on the mounting bracket 33 throughan angle of 90 in order to facilitate installing or removing a carton of powdered soap, or detergent 43, as and when desired, and this may be accomplished by merely raising the housing ll so as to headed stud 39 enters the main body of the arcuate slot 41 whereupon the entire device may be tilted on the mounting bracket 33 through an angle of 90 into the position in which the parts are shown in dotted lines in Fig. l.

It will thus be seen from the foregoing description, considered in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, that the present invention provides a novel dispensing device for powdered soaps and detergents, and has the desirable advantages and characteristics, and accomplishes its intended objects, including those hereinbefore pointed out and others which are inherent in the invention.

I claim:

1. A dispensing device for powdered soap, detergents, nd, the k compr ing a. housing adap e to c n a supply of powdered soap, detergent, or like material, means for detachably mounting said housing upon a vertical supporting. wall surface, said housing including a bottom wall having a-discharge outlet therein, manually operable slide meansslidably mounted upon said bottom wall of said housing. and normally closing said discharge outlet, resilientrneans normally urgingsaidslide means into position to close said, discharge outlet, a dispensing receptacle comprising a cup-like body having an annular ferrous metallic element encircling said body adjacent the top thereof, means for slidably retaining said dispensing receptacle upon said bottom wall; of said housing adjacent id,- ifiQhQPEQ le t a ast am m an luding a plurality of magnets mounted in spaced relationship to each other on the bottom wallof, saidhousing and adapted magn icall t ra taid er ous m t element so as to tain. and amqva ly hol Said. e p ac e p Said bottom w ail of saidt housing, saidv slide means including a d banha i s. a. portion crmally extend nglow n closing said discharge outlet, said slide bar having a plurality of spaced lugs depending therefrom in position to be engaged by the wall of said receptacle to enable said slide bar to be slidably moved upon the bottom wall of said housing by manual pressure .applied to said receptacle so as,- to movesaid, slide bar-into position to open said dishar ut e 2;.- A dispensing device for. powdered soap, detergents, and the.like, comprising a; housing adapted to contain a supply, of powdered soap, detergent, or like material, means for detachably mounting said housing upon a vertical supporting wall surface, said housingincluding a bottom wall'having a discharge outlet therein, manually operable slide means slidably mountedupon said bottom Wall of said housing and normally closing said discharge outlet, resilient means normally urging-said slide means intopo-sition to close said discharge outlet, a dispensing receptacle comprising a cup-like body having an annular ferrous metallic element encircling said body adjacent the top thereof, means for-slidablyretaining said dispensing-receptacleupon said bottom wall of said housing adjacent saiddischargeoutlet,- said last named means each'other on the bottom wall'of said housing and adapted to magnetically attract saidferrous metal element so as to retainandremovablyholdsaid receptacle upon said bottomwall of saidehousing, said slide means including a slide bar having a portionnormally extending below and closing said discharge outlet, said'slide bar havinga plurality of spacedlugs depending therefrom in position to be engaged by the wall of said receptacle to enable said slide bar to be slidably moved upon-the bottom wall of said housing by manual pressure applied to said receptacle so as to move said slide bar into position .to. open said dischargeoutlet, carton supportingmeans for supporting a carton of powderedsoap or detergent material in said housing with aside wall thereof having a .discharge openin'g therein and disposed in spaced relationship to and including a plurality of magnets mounted in spaced relationship to above said bottom wall of said housing, a chute member mounted on said bottom wall within said housing and in spaced relationship from said carton supporting means and cooperating with the latter and with the bottom and vertical walls of said housing to provide a measuring chamber, said chute member having an inclined surface directed toward said discharge outlet in said bottom wall so as to direct a quantity of powdered soap or detergent from said discharge opening in said side wall of said carton into said measuring area and thence into said discharge outlet in said bottom wall and intosaid receptacle when said slide means is manually moved by said receptacle into position to open said discharge outlet in said bottom wall of said housing.

3. A dispensing device for powdered soap, detergents, and the like, comprising a housing adapted to contain a supply of powdered soap, detergent, or like material, means for detachably mounting said housing upon a vertical supporting wall surface, said housing including a bottom wall having a discharge outlet therein, manually operable slide means slidably mounted upon said bottom wall of said housing for movement therealong, resilient means normally urging said slide means into position to close said discharge outlet, a dispensing receptacle having a ferrous metal element adjacent the top thereof, magnetic retaining means mounted on said bottom wall of said housing and adapted to attract said ferrous element to slidably retain said dispensing receptacle upon said bottom housing wall for sliding movement therealong adjacent said discharge outlet and in communication with the latter, said slide means including means adapted to be engaged by said dispensing receptacle to enable said slide means to be moved manually by said dispensing receptacle into position to open said discharge outlet during said sliding movement of said receptacle.

4. A dispensing device for powdered soap, detergents, and the like, comprising a housing adapted to contain a supply of powdered soap, detergent, or like material, means for detachably mounting said housing upon a vertical supporting wall surface, said housing including a bottom wall having a discharge outlet therein, manually operable slide means slidably mounted upon said bottom wall of said housing for movement therealong, resilient means normally urging said slide means into position to close said discharge outlet, a dispensing receptacle comprising a cup-like body and an annular ferrous element encircling said body adjacent the top thereof, magnetic retaining means including a plurality of magnets mounted in spaced relationship on the bottom wall of said housing in position to magnetically attract said ferrous element and slidably retain said dispensing receptacle upon said bottom wall of said housing for sliding movement therealong adjacent said discharge outlet and in communication with the latter, said slide means including means adapted to be engaged by said dispensing receptacle to enable said slide means to be moved manually by said dispensing receptacle into position to open said discharge outlet during said sliding movement of said receptacle.

5. A dispensing device for powdered soap, and the like, comprising a housing adapted to contain a supply of powdered soap, detergent, or like material, said housing including a bottom wall having a discharge outlet therein, manually operable slide means slidably mounted upon the said bottom wall of said housing for movement therealong normally closing said discharge outlet, resilient means normally urging said slide means into position to close said discharge outlet, a dispensing receptacle, means mounted on said housing in position to slidably retain said dispensing receptacle adjacent said discharge outlet and in communication with the latter said slide means includingmeans adapted to be engaged by said dispensing receptacle to enable said slide means to be moved manually by said dispensing receptacle into position to open said discharge outlet during said sliding movement of said receptacle and means for mounting said housing upon a vertical supporting wall surface comprising a mounting bracket adapted to be mounted on a wall surface and including a plate having two substantially straight elongated slots with an arcuate-shaped slot intersecting one end of one of said elongated slots, said mounting means further comprising two pins projecting from said housing in position to be disposed in respective ones of said elongated slots, said elongated slots being disposed in such position that said pins may be simultaneously moved longitudinally thereof into position to dispose the pin from said one slot in said arcuate slot for swinging movement therealong about the other of said pins.

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